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US willing to share peacekeeping experience with Vietnam

The US-Vietnam cooperation in United Nations peacekeeping operations demonstrates the expansion of their cooperative ties from bilateral aspects to regional and global issues, said US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius.
The US-Vietnam cooperation in United Nations peacekeeping operationsdemonstrates the expansion of their cooperative ties from bilateralaspects to regional and global issues, said US Ambassador to Vietnam TedOsius.

The US ambassador made the remarkswhile talking with reporters on the sideline of a workshop on UNpeacekeeping operations in Hanoi on July 27.

Henoted some peacekeeping-related activities where the US could assistVietnam such as sharing experience, training personnel, teaching theEnglish language to Vietnamese peacekeeping forces, building peacekeepingcentres and coordinating within the UN framework.

Osius said he and Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinhrecently discussed bilateral collaboration, including dioxindetoxification at the Da Nang Airport, unexploded ordnance and landmineclearance and searching for the remains of those believed to be missingin action since the war.

The diplomatappreciated Vietnam’s collaboration and support to the US in searchingfor missing-in-action US soldiers in Vietnam, and said his country ispleased to share information about missing Vietnamese people from thewar.

He noted that the US is willing to share its professional knowledge in the field, such as DNA profiling and data exchanges.-VNA
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